Butch
08-03-2006, 01:40 PM
Just read about this girl's videoblog at nytimes.com . . . (if it's made it to nytimes.com already, I'm probably a bit late with it . . . but I haven't seen anything about it here).
Anyway, just watched a few of her videoblogs and she seems pretty darn captivating, poignant and funny (yes, WL, you can take that as a definite compliment since the comparison is pretty clear in the title . . . your blog is great). ;)
The girl is young (16), but definitely has a presence beyond her years . . . also doesn't hurt that she's quite cute. Apparently some think she's a fake of some sort . . . actress or something . . . but oh well . . .
Anyway, here is the link to her profile page at youtube . . .
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=lonelygirl15
and videos . . .
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=lonelygirl15
and the piece from nytimes.com . . .
http://screens.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=46?8dpc
(Blog by Virgina Heffernan - TV critic for the NY Times)
Will someone in Broadband Hollywood just give lonelygirl15 — and, all right, her producer and sidekick danielbeast — their own show already?
In her videos, she perfects the emo girl-in-her-room pose, balancing playful and moody as she muses about her life and times. She has huge online fame; repressive, religious parents who probably know nothing about YouTube; and a sibling-ish love affair with her video editor. What could be more 2006? Obviously the implication from the stills that promote her videos is that she’s going to strip, but she never does, and she controls that shell game by being sweetly deaf to innuendo.
One of her critics — a guy who thinks she’s a fake in part because she’s lighted too beautifully — says her life so far is “almost Shakespearean in the way it played out.” And that cowboy-hatted critic is appealing too! (Of course, she also has her share of protectors. Warning: plenty of cussing ahead.) So it’s time to get “lonelygirl15,” the full-on series, going. Invite the parodists and critics to round out the cast, give some play to the idea that she’s a fake, and create a perfect “My So-Called Life” for the MySpace hoards.
MTV Overdrive, I’m talking to you. (And while we’re at it, MTV, get your broadband channel to work on a Mac NOW.)
Anyway, just watched a few of her videoblogs and she seems pretty darn captivating, poignant and funny (yes, WL, you can take that as a definite compliment since the comparison is pretty clear in the title . . . your blog is great). ;)
The girl is young (16), but definitely has a presence beyond her years . . . also doesn't hurt that she's quite cute. Apparently some think she's a fake of some sort . . . actress or something . . . but oh well . . .
Anyway, here is the link to her profile page at youtube . . .
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=lonelygirl15
and videos . . .
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=lonelygirl15
and the piece from nytimes.com . . .
http://screens.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=46?8dpc
(Blog by Virgina Heffernan - TV critic for the NY Times)
Will someone in Broadband Hollywood just give lonelygirl15 — and, all right, her producer and sidekick danielbeast — their own show already?
In her videos, she perfects the emo girl-in-her-room pose, balancing playful and moody as she muses about her life and times. She has huge online fame; repressive, religious parents who probably know nothing about YouTube; and a sibling-ish love affair with her video editor. What could be more 2006? Obviously the implication from the stills that promote her videos is that she’s going to strip, but she never does, and she controls that shell game by being sweetly deaf to innuendo.
One of her critics — a guy who thinks she’s a fake in part because she’s lighted too beautifully — says her life so far is “almost Shakespearean in the way it played out.” And that cowboy-hatted critic is appealing too! (Of course, she also has her share of protectors. Warning: plenty of cussing ahead.) So it’s time to get “lonelygirl15,” the full-on series, going. Invite the parodists and critics to round out the cast, give some play to the idea that she’s a fake, and create a perfect “My So-Called Life” for the MySpace hoards.
MTV Overdrive, I’m talking to you. (And while we’re at it, MTV, get your broadband channel to work on a Mac NOW.)